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Rare and modern books

Sommer, Oskar (Editor)

Le Roman de Merlin, or the Early History of King Arthur, Faithfully Edited from the French Ms Add. 10292 in the British Museum (about A.D. 1316)

privately printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., 1894

225.00 €

Cole & Contreras Books

(Sitges, Spain)

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Year of publication
1894
Place of printing
London
Author
Sommer, Oskar (Editor)
Publishers
privately printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
Keyword
colemed medieval french literature king arthur roi merlin, magician wizard
Dust jacket
No
Languages
English
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

FIRST EDITION of this extremely important recension of the Old French prose Merlin. xxx, [2], 498 pp. Beautifully printed on very good laid paper. 4to. Bound in publisher's delicated cloth-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt. ENTIRELY UNCUT. Wear to extremities but very solid. Internally clean, but for a little bit of foxing to leaf edges. Rare and important.
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